Njx interlaminar lmbr/sac at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
420 34th St., Bakersfield, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1467538520
$821.72
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$2,239.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$135.14 with Molina vs $6,300.00 with Health Net — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Molina | Medicaid|< 21 | $135.14 | ↓ -84% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|< 21 | $135.14 | ↓ -84% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|< 21 | $135.14 | ↓ -84% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|< 21 | $135.14 | ↓ -84% |
| LA Care | Medicaid|> 21 | $135.14 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|< 21 | $135.14 | ↓ -84% |
| Care 1st | Medicaid|> 21 | $135.14 | ↓ -84% |
| Kaiser | Medicaid|> 21 | $135.14 | ↓ -84% |
| Partnership Health Plan | Medicaid|> 21 | $135.14 | ↓ -84% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|< 21 | $189.87 | ↓ -77% |
| Kern Health System | Medicaid|> 21 | $189.87 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicaid|All Plans | $264.34 | ↓ -68% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|GemCare | $325.69 | ↓ -60% |
| Health Net | Medicaid|Non-GemCare | $440.56 | ↓ -46% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|All Other Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| Aetna | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| Health Net | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| Kaiser | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| Blue Shield CA | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| Scan Health Plan | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| BrightHealth | Commercial|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| HPN | Medicare|All Plans | $1,131.20 | ↑ +38% |
| Western Growers | Commercial|All Plans | $1,231.45 | ↑ +50% |
| HPN | Commercial|All Plans | $1,244.32 | ↑ +51% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Medicare|Burn | $1,244.32 | ↑ +51% |
| CHN Sun View | Commercial|All Plans | $1,455.35 | ↑ +77% |
| Kaiser | Commercial|All Plans | $1,538.43 | ↑ +87% |
| First Health | Commercial|All Plans | $1,567.30 | ↑ +91% |
| Healthsmart | Commercial|All Plans | $1,701.64 | ↑ +107% |
| MultiPlan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,768.81 | ↑ +115% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|PremerTiered | $1,813.59 | ↑ +121% |
| United | Commercial|HMO | $2,216.61 | ↑ +170% |
| United | Commercial|Non-Options PPO | $2,239.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|Options PPO | $2,239.00 | ↑ +172% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $2,239.00 | ↑ +172% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|Exchange | $2,907.00 | ↑ +254% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|Exchange | $3,562.00 | ↑ +333% |
| Aetna | Commercial|HMO | $3,842.00 | ↑ +368% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $4,056.00 | ↑ +394% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|All Other Plans | $4,142.00 | ↑ +404% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Exchange | $4,511.00 | ↑ +449% |
| Health Net | Commercial|Care Product | $5,261.00 | ↑ +540% |
| BCBS - Anthem | Commercial|MCS | $5,592.00 | ↑ +581% |
| Blue Shield CA | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,060.00 | ↑ +637% |
| Health Net | Commercial|All Other Plans | $6,300.00 | ↑ +667% |
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Njx interlaminar lmbr/sac at other California hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Mercy Hospitals – Bakersfield | Bakersfield | $830.67 | $135.14 – $1,791.20 |
| Banner Lassen Medical Center | Susanville | $222.15 | $164.41 – $388.97 |
| Arroyo Grande Hospital | Santa Maria | $1,465.90 | $135.14 – $3,356.50 |
| Mark Twain Medical Center | San Andreas | $3,074.26 | $135.14 – $4,523.68 |
| French Hospital | San Luis Obispo | $1,342.60 | $135.14 – $3,356.50 |
| St. Joseph's Medical Center Stockton | Stockton | $1,411.50 | $135.14 – $1,958.04 |
| Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta | Mt Shasta | $1,407.41 | $272.35 – $1,772.82 |
| Mercy Medical Center Merced | Merced | $1,170.60 | $135.14 – $1,066.96 |